Sector Skills Development Agency
(abbr SSDA)
an British government organization started in 2002 under the slogan Skills for Business which provides money and support for a network of Sector Skills Councils ...

secure training centre
(abbr STC) n
a centre in Britain for children up to the age of 17 who repeatedly break the law. The children are kept within the centre and are given education and training. The ...

Securicor{™}
a British company best known for guarding and transporting cash or valuable objects, e.g. from shops to banks and for taking prisoners to and from court.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
(abbr the SEC)
an independent US government organization responsible for controlling the financial markets and making sure that people and companies that deal on the stock ...

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
U.S. regulatory commission established by Congress in 1934.
Its purpose was to restore investor confidence by ending the misleading sales practices and stock manipulations that ...

Seed Banks-Preserving Crop Diversity
▪ 2009
On Feb. 26, 2008, the most ambitious seed-bank facility ever constructed was inaugurated in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean only about ...

seed beetle
any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes. Also called seed weevil.
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▪ insect
any of some 900 species of beetles ...